Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1887-11-17
NINtiS NOTE.
A Letter Of Miss Van Zandt to Mr. Lazarus
Declining to Become a Lecturer.

NEW YORK, Nov ia letter writer
by Miss Nina Van Zandt, executed An
archist Spies proxy widow, on September
| II, was published today, of which the fol
lowing is the text:
My dear Mr.. Lazarus: Since the recep
ton of yours of the 18th inst, the blow
has fallen. Seven honorable judges have
unanimously condemned to death seven
innocent human lives, have widowed seven
women and orphaned no less than nineteen
little children. Not alone this: they have
invented a new case of their own. I'll sim
ply cite one opt of many examples 4
stenographic report of Mr.. A r. Parson' s
speech at the Haymarket was introduced
in the Gary comedy as evidence in favor
of Parsons. This is what he said in sub
stance; No; do not try to
hang Mccormick or any other
capitalist. A hundred would only
spring up in his place. Aim at the system
d suggestion from the crowd that NcCor-
mick's life should pay for the six work1nen
whom he had ordered shot down in cold
blood the day before. You see it proves
that poor Parsons had not an idea Of stir
ring up the crowd to do any overt act and
so Gary and Grinnell admitted But the
judges of the supreme court have gotten
ahead Of Gary and Grinneil. They say A.
X. Parsons said at the Havmarket: DO
not murder Mccormick or any other one
man but murder en- masse.' So, Mr.. Lag
aruS, Were not the matter so terribly solemn
| should laugh every time [ think of that
opinion of those judges. All your sug-
gestions have not glanced off Several
have been acted upon. For instance. nv
mother wrote TO the Rev Dwight Moody
telling him the the truth rather than
Fva ION Of -,
tive assination. She has had. OF course. no
answer yet. You think that ! should start
out on a lecturing tri and | am of course
perfectly willing, but all of the friends
here say that | must keep quiet; must not
give the press chance TO print new lies 10
put inhammatOry language into my
mouth; that it would not do. no difference
what said: For the sake of the man who
Is of all living creatures the dearest and
best TO me | am holding my tongue.
Thanking you for all your Kind efforts in
our behalf, am ever yours sincerely
NINA SPIES
'.P. S.-By the way, must tell you of a
remarkable incident. The millionaire
clothing dealer, Henry W. King (tkiS mag
nihcent mansion occupies a diornal corner
from our hOme). had two employees on the
celebrated gentlemen jury. one or both of
whom were known to have openly thirsted
for the blood OF August Spies CT al, before
being empaneled King knows this but will
not permit other employees 10 testify to it.
Furthermore he had openly advocated the
execution. Now he has a daughter, Bees
sic, who is engaged TO be married to Young
Charles Bentley. son OF the rich Bentley.
banker or board of trade man of the south
division OF Chicago. Well. the marriage
has been mySteriously postponed and now
II LEAKS out that Bentley has bitterly up
braided old KING with aiding and abetting
legal murder and consequently King won't
let his daughter marry him. The Young
lady vows thai she will marry the Young
man whether her father cuts her off with
cut shilling or not.
Doesn this show how certain iniuen-
tial men of this town have sch,meds Here
IS a fashionable, wealthy. conventional
young man who cannot bear the idea of 81
lently countenancing such an atrocity and
abandoning old Kings millions
step. 50 Huron street.
Chicago, Ill.